肝
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liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]); (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game); (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 肉 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 肝
- Common rank
- #1,653
- Unicode
- U+809D
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
liver · Heisig RSH #2638
flesh + 干 dry
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 肝
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大动肝火 | (idiom) to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper | |
| 巴心巴肝 | with all one's heart (dialect) | |
| 病毒性肝炎 | viral hepatitis | |
| 动肝火 | to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper | |
| 美味牛肝菌 | porcino (Boletus edulis) | |
| 鱼肝油 | cod liver oil | |
| 心肝宝贝 | precious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart | |
| 疏肝理气 | to course the liver and rectify 氣|气[qi4] (TCM) | |
| 好心当成驴肝肺 | (saying) to mistake good intentions for ill will | |
| 肝硬化 | cirrhosis | |
| 肝胆相照 | to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion | |
| 心肝 | darling; (in negative sentences) heart; humanity | |
| 甲型肝炎 | hepatitis A | |
| 牛肝菌 | porcino (Boletus edulis) | |
| 肝脑涂地 | to offer one's life in sacrifice | |
| 丁型肝炎 | hepatitis D | |
| 龙肝凤胆 | rare food; ambrosia (delicacy) | |
| 肝病 | liver disease | |
| 肝火 | irascibility; irritability; (TCM) inflammation of the liver | |
| 肝吸虫 | liver fluke |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 干 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干 sound part | arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade | |
| 杆 | cane, pole, stick | |
| 汗 | perspiration, sweat | |
| 奸 | crafty, dishonest, selfish; evil, villainous; adultery | |
| 刊 | publication, periodical; to publish, to print | |
| 赶 | to pursue, to overtake; to hurry; to expel | |
| 竿 | bamboo pole; penis | |
| 轩 | pavilion; carriage; balcony | |
| 鼾 | to snore loudly | |
| 矸 | cliff; rock | |
| 邗 | an ancient place in the state of Wu | |
| 旰 | sunset, dusk; evening | |
| 犴 | wild dog; jail, lock-up | |
| 豻 | prison, jail; a wild dog | |
| 酐 | anhydride |